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Hi guys, a new astronomy-related plugin is now available. This plugin, called simply the Solar System, gives some general information about the Sun, the Moon and the eight planets, including an animated solar system visualization and a table with detailed planets data and descriptions of what each parameter means. Main features: description of planets and … Read moreNew Plugin – Solar System
Hi guys, I updated the Weather METAR plugin. It now includes something I have always wanted to achieve but it was problematic. What it is is simply loading and viewing current data for the whole world at once. Technically it is a problem mostly because of loading time. If you have several thousand stations you … Read morePlugin Update – Weather METAR 4.0
Hi guys, I updated the Rain block to make it a bit more interesting and interactive. The values are now displayed using an animated gauge (with an animated wave). DEMO Enjoy
Hi guys, one of you suggested to me to make a plugin for calculating various bio indexes which try to reflect the level of comfot/discomfort based on the combined effect of air temperature and humidity. This plugin therefore does exactly that – you can calculate the various indexes and it will also show you what … Read moreNew Plugin – Bio Indexes
Hi guys, I have updated the Weather Records plugin. In version 3.0 there is now not just temperature records, but also many world records for precipitation, snowfall, deadliest tornadoes, highest wind speeds, lowest pressure, hail etc. DEMO Enjoy
Hi guys, noticed a few bugs so I updated the following blocks and plugins, update should be very easy, just replace all the files. Plugin updates: Earthquakes 2.4 – fixed issue with map being hidden City Conditions 2.3 – fixed issue with map being hidden Block update: METAR weather 3.1 – fixed bug with default … Read moreBlock/plugin updates – bug fixes
Hi guys, A new newsletter issue is now ready. In this issue you will find a list of all recently added new blocks and plugins as well as plugin and block updates. Read it Best regards Jachym
Hi guys, I created a new block which shows interesting facts about weather, astronomy etc. There is a default set of strings, but you can easily modify them by simply changing the string text files. DEMO Enjoy
Hi guys, just a minor update of the Contact plugin, version 2.1 includes some CSS tweaks to make sure it displays correctly in all languages. Enjoy
Hi guys, I updated the block and plugin for the METAR weather. Update of both includes: – support for all states in the U.S. – bug fixes Make sure that while updating it, you also delete the entire cache directory. The requirement for setup will only display to users from Canada and U.S. who need … Read moreMETAR weather – block/plugin update
Hi guys, a new region-specific block is now available, this time for Australia. This block shows an animated regional radar image. Follow the instructions in the setup. The time should be converted to your station timezone. Note: in the demo I intentionally increased the cache interval to 1 hour so the image will be a … Read moreNew Block – Regional Australian radar
Hi guys, I have updated the US regional warnings block. In version 3.0 it is now possible to set multiple locations to check the warnings. Simply set as many zones as you want (however bear in mind that more zones = longer loading time, so I do not recommend setting more than 5) and separate … Read moreBlock Update – Warnings US Regional 3.0
Hi guys, I thought it is time to have a little bit of fun and so I created a new block, definitely not something for those who want especially regional weather information. Data updated once a day. No installation required. DEMO Enjoy 😉
Hi guys, the updated version of Metar Weather block now also supports Canada and all its provinces. If you are from Canada, the block will ask you to go through the setup via Control panel, in order to set the default province loaded. Enjoy
Hi guys, the updated version of the Weather METAR plugin includes: auto-load of your country when page first loaded brand new map tiles including National Geographic maps, NASA night Earth map and many more support for Canada Enjoy DEMO
Hi guys, as I promised yesterday, here is a plugin similar to the block released yesterday. It shows current conditions loaded from METAR reports. This is an alternative to the cityConditions plugin, however it is not a duplicate. It uses METAR reports, not Yahoo weather, this has some advantages as well as disadvantages. The advantage … Read moreNew Plugin – Weather METAR
Hi guys, I created a new block for showing current conditions grouped by countries. The Yahoo current conditions block/plugin is problematic, I have mentioned this before. Yahoo is unreliable in accessibility and to make things worse, reports completely non-sense pressure data. It took me a while to find a usable solution and I decided to … Read moreNew Block – METAR Weather
Hi guys, big thanks goes to Paulo for helping with translation of the template into Portuguese. The language strings can now be downloaded from the Translations section at meteotemplate.com.
Hi guys, the updated stationStatus 2.0 block now also shows the last time of update and the time elapsed since that moment. DEMO Enjoy
Hi guys, the update NWS Forecast blocks now have the possibility to change the default location and also contain a fix that caused the first icon to be hidden. Enjoy
Hi guys, the updated riset (rise/set) block includes a new pie chart. The original pie chart displayed the percentage daylength of today compared to the longest day. This however, was slightly confusing. The new pie chart simply shows the percentage of day light out of 24 hours (ie. day/night ratio). In addition, the block is … Read moreBlock Update – Riset 3.0
Hi guys, update version of the stationData block includes: new option “last 365 days” CSS tweaks Enjoy
Hi guys, I have upadted the two plugins: worldExtremes 1.1 forecastModelUS 1.1 Both updates include minor compatibility fixes.
Hi guys, I created a new plugin for users to be able to leave comments on your site. Main features possibility to add comments enable/disable approval requirement enable/disable emoticons (smileys) enable/disable email notifications possibility to ban IPs captcha to prevent spam secured against scripts hacks etc. There are several things you can set up. First … Read moreNew Plugin – Guestbook 1.0
Hi guys, I have updated the Station Extremes plugin. This major update includes two new pages: daily overview – on this page you can view overview for each day of selected month, what are the extremes for that day, in which year it was measured and in addition you can of course sort the tables … Read morePlugin Update – Station Extremes 2.0
Hi guys, based on feedback and suggestions I have added minimum temperatures to the Weather Records plugin. DEMO Enjoy
Hi guys, big thanks goes to Grzegorz for helping with translation of the template into Polish. The language strings can now be downloaded from the Translations section at meteotemplate.com.
Hi guys, those of you who now me better already know that I am most interested in climate. In the past I very often read about the weather extremes around the world. There are pages that give you this data, but always just as either a number or in the best case a table. I … Read moreNew Plugin – Weather Records 1.0
Hi guys, I created another block using the NWS forecast. This block shows a map where the user can choose a point in the area of the United States and it will show them the NWS forecast for that place. If you only want to show forecast for your location use the nwsForecast block instead, … Read moreNew Block – NWS Forecast – Custom
Hi guys, new version of this block includes an option to activate a “compact mode” in which the icons and text take up less space. The compact mode is ideal if you are using this block in a wider column because it takes up less space. If you have it in a narrow column it … Read moreBlock Update – NWS Forecast Multiple 2.0
Hi guys, since I noticed you in particular like satellite and radar images I created a new block, which includes close to 50 different satellite images from several Earth-orbiting satellites covering the area of North America (and a few including South America and Atlantic + Europe), primarily Canada. DEMO or DEMO2 No need to set up … Read moreNew Block – North America Satellite
Hi guys, Another newsletter issue is available. In this issue you will find a list of all recently added new blocks and plugins as well as plugin and block updates. In addition there is also a section with my replies to some of your comments from the questionnaire. Newsletter Best regards Jachym
Hi guys, I updated the Regional U.K. forecast block. In version 2.0 it is now possible to view the forecast for also other regions, not just the one you specify in the settings. That one is loaded by default, but the user can then choose any other region they want. Simply replace all the files … Read moreBlock Update – Regional U.K. Forecast 2.0
Hi guys, a new block that shows current conditions in many locations around New Zealand is now available. You specify the default location which is shown right at the top, then in the collapsed view there is a sortable table of all available locations. Data is loaded once per hour. DEMO Enjoy
Hi guys, just minor updates to two blocks. Current 5.0 In the new version you can now specify whether or not you want to show the text “current conditions” above the time. Simply replace all the files and then update the settings for that block. Webcam 3.1 This update version only contains some changes for … Read moreBlock Updates – Webcam 3.1 and Current Conditions 5.0
Hi guys, I wanted to wait to see if there are any more problems. Right now it seems like all the major issues were identified. The just released Bug Fixes package 8.2 contains fixes for all these. Follow the instructions in the readme file. Special attention should pay users of Weather Display (see the readme). … Read moreBug Fixes Package 8.2
Hi guys, just a quick note, I update the World Time plugin. This update only includes bug fixes. Update should be pretty simple, you can pretty much replace all the files. The only one that is obviously not included is the settings.php, which you created in the control panel and that will therefore stay untouched … Read morePlugin Update – World Time 1.1
Hi guys, I created a new plugin, I think quite useful at this time of the year 🙂 This plugin shows various drought-related parameters for the United States (national and for the individual states). Main features: maps of drought-related parameters current drought conditions, drought outlook soil moisture groundwater drought indicator evapotranspiration wildland fire potential outlook … Read moreNew Plugin – Drought U.S.
Hi guys, I updated the webcam block. You can now specify auto-update interval. The images will then update automatically in those intervals. This is useful if your image is not a video, but a still image that updates at regular intervals. The script also makes sure the image is not cached so that you always … Read moreBlock Update – Webcam 3.0
Hi guys, I created a new block for users of Weather Display software who have a sensor for soil temperature, soil moisture or leaf wetness. In the settings you specify which of those sensors you want to enable and the path to your clientraw. DEMO Note: The demo does not update because since I don´t … Read moreNew Block – Soil
Hi guys, one of you suggested a new feature which I have just added to the My Station plugin. In the setup you can now specify unlimited number of images (previously only one was possible). Updating is very simple, just replace all the files in the updated plugin folder. Your settings.php is saved on the … Read morePlugin Update – My Station 2.0
Hi guys, as part of the process of checking functionality and adding new features to blocks I updated two blocks: Cloud Height 2.0 In the new version you see not just the cloud height above the ground, but also the same value converted to sea level. However, make sure you have your station elevation filled … Read moreBlock Updates – CO2 2.0 and Cloud Height 2.0
Hi guys, Meteotemplate is used by users from all over the world who also speak many different languages. I try to reflect that and so I prepared 4 new languages for the Weather Terminology Plugin. And yes I am patriotic, so the Czech one contains by far the most strings and equations 😀 New Plugins: … Read moreWeather Terminology Plugin – 4 new languages!
Hi guys, so I spent couple of evenings playing around with various languages and created plugins for “weather terminology” for several of them. Since some contain over thousand terms I also redesigned the plugin, it is not a table, but rather a dictionary-style page. For that reason I have also updated the already released … Read moreWeather Terminology Plugin now available in 8 languages!
Hi guys, if you remember I previously mentioned that I want to concentrate on optimizing the template and improving the already existing things. That is what version 8 was mostly about. Now it is time for the plugins and blocks. I will go through all the blocks and plugins and add new features and make … Read moreBlock Updates – Calendar 2.0, Calendar – Month 2.0, Clock 2.0
Hi guys, I updated the “stickers” plugin. Version 3.0 is a major update of this plugin and introduces a brand new “interactive sticker“. This sticker is much more sophisticated than the other ones (though you can of course still use them and some of you might find them better, they are simpler and more clear). … Read morePlugin Update – Stickers 3.0
Hi guys, a new plugin is now available referred to as “My Station”. This plugin replaces the default “About station” page with a more detailed page that describes the station configuration, sensor specifications etc. Using the Plugin setup page you can easily specify all the parameters of your station and the plugin will automatically create … Read moreNew Plugin – My Station
Hi guys, I hope you have nice summer and in case you find time to work on your website, I published a new issue of the Newsletter, which summarizes the new/updated features from the recent past. One more important thing I would like to bring your attention to is a questionnaire I made. It is … Read moreNewsletter – Aug 1, 2016